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MBA IT, Mater in Science and Technology
Devry
Jul-1996 - Jul-2000
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Devry University
Mar-2010 - Oct-2016
You are going to draw two candy bars from a large bag containing 25 Snickers bars and 7 Twix bars. (Assume you are going to keep the candy bars.) Tell whether the two draws are independent or dependent. __________ What is the probability that both candy bars you draw from the bag are Snickers? __________ (Round to three decimal places.)  You want to find the probability of rolling a sum of 8 on two dice and then rolling a sum of 9 on the next roll. Tell whether these events are independent or dependent. __________ Calculate the probability __________ (Round to three decimal places.) |
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Question 2: (1 point) 7B Homework Help Table |
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Suppose a women’s college basketball player is fouled in a one-and-one situation (meaning she is awarded two free throws only if she makes her first one and awarded one point for each shot made).Â
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Knowing that her season average is 75%, what is the probability that she will not get any points? Â Answer with a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places.
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Question 3: (2 points)
7B Homework Help Table  Textbook Examples  Textbook Homework Sections  Tutorial Videos  InterAct Math Practice  Ex 6-7 (p.429-431)  (21-26) EITHER/OR Probabilities  (click here)   Exercise 21
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You want to know the probability that you will roll doubles or a sum of four with two dice. Tell whether these events are overlapping or non-overlapping.
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Compute the probability. Â
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If you toss four coins, what is the probability that you will get exactly 1Â or 3Â heads? Tell whether these events are overlapping or non-overlapping.
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Compute the probability. Â
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Question 4: (1 point)
7B Homework Help Table  Textbook Examples  Textbook Homework Sections  Tutorial Videos  InterAct Math Practice  Ex 9-10 (p.432)  (27-32) At Least Once Probabilities     Exercise 31  Henry is a basketball player, and the probability that he makes any given free throw is about 65%. What is the probability that he will make one or more of his next 3 free throws?  Answer with a percentage rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. ____________%
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Question 5: (1 point)
7B Homework Help Table  Textbook Examples  Textbook Homework Sections  Tutorial Videos  InterAct Math Practice    (57-58) OR Probabilities from a Table  (click here)  Exercise 57
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The table below shows the ethnicity and gender of a group of people waiting for a bus at the bus stop. Use the information in the table to determine the probability that someone selected randomly from the group will be male or Hispanic. Â Give your answer as a percentage rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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 | Caucasian | Hispanic | African American | Asian |
Men | 11 | 23 | 7 | 25 |
Women | 21 | 14 | 41 | 37 |
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Question 6: (1 point)
7B Homework Helps Textbook Examples  Textbook Homework Sections  Tutorial Videos  InterAct Math Practice Ex 7E: 8a (p.462-3)    (click here)  Exercise 22 (7E) (1st part only)
If there are 20 students (in addition to yourself) in your math class, what is the probability that at least one of them shares your birthday? Answer with a percentage rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Question 7: (4 points)
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3E: Ex 3 (p.175) |  | (3E: 17-18 and 23) Applications |  | (click here) |  | Exercise 17 (3E) |
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Suppose a certain sports league has a strict no drinking policy. The 6,000 players of the league are given a polygraph during which they are asked whether they have taken a drink in the last three months. All of them deny drinking but in actuallity 1% of the players are delinquent. Use the table below to answer the following questions. This table assumes that a polygraph is 70% accurate.
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 | Player Is Lying | Player Is Truthful | Total |
Polygraph Finds Player Lying | 42 | 1,782 | 1,824 |
Polygraph Finds Player Truthful | 18 | 4,158 | 4,176 |
Total | 60 | 5,940 | 6,000 |
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The first two answers below should be percentages rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Suppose the polygraph results found the player is lying. What is the chance that he/she really is lying? Â
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What is the chance the polygraph results finds the player is lying, given that the player is lying? Â
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Suppose polygraph results found player truthful. Â What is the chance that he/she is lying? Â Give this answer as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.
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What is the chance the polygraph results finds the player lying, given that the player is truthful? Â Answer with a percentage rounded to the nearest tenth.
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Question 8: (1 point)
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3E: Ex 3-4 (p.175-6) | Â | (3E: Quick Quiz 4-5) | Â | (click here)Â | Â | Exercise QQ5 |
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 If a person tested positive for steroids and actually took steroids it is considered to be a __________.Â
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